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Sunbathing in Florida can kill you... especially if the police run over you!

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by rockHEAD, Feb 23, 2003.

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  1. rockHEAD

    rockHEAD Member

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    Miami Beach officer runs over sunbathing sisters
    Associated Press

    MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- A police officer searching for robbery suspects on the beach drove over two tourists Saturday,
    killing one and critically injuring the other.

    Miami Beach police officer George Varon was driving a marked sports utility vehicle along the crowded shores, searching for two robbery suspects believed to be on the beach. He apparently didn't see two French sisters laying in the sand, police said.

    Stephanie and Sandrine Tunc were taken to a hospital, where Stephanie, 27, died. Sandrine, 26, was listed in critical condition Saturday evening. Police said the sisters, who lived in Britain, were on vacation.

    Several witnesses said the officer's actions were reckless and that he wasn't using a siren.

    "The cop was just running around like a crazy man," Stacy Kandell told WPLG-TV in Miami. "I don't know what he was doing to run over two girls."

    Officials said speed did not appear to be a factor in the death.

    Varon, a seven-year veteran, was placed on administrative leave after the accident, said Bobby Hernandez, Miami Beach police spokesman.
     
    #1 rockHEAD, Feb 23, 2003
  2. LeGrouper

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    As we say in France, that LeSucks.
     
    #2 LeGrouper, Feb 23, 2003
  3. R0ckets03

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    #3 R0ckets03, Feb 23, 2003
  4. Uprising

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    :eek: ...
     
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  5. LeGrouper

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    Enough with the faces dudes, at least try to throw some words in there.
     
    #5 LeGrouper, Feb 23, 2003
  6. fadeaway

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    Zut.
     
    #6 fadeaway, Feb 23, 2003
  7. Cohen

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    Like your 'LeSucks'?
     
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  8. LeGrouper

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    I take it you didn't detect my sarcasm. LeFine.
     
    #8 LeGrouper, Feb 23, 2003
  9. TheHorns

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    ... that is minor compared to what they will suffer if they fail to support UN action.
     
    #9 TheHorns, Feb 23, 2003
  10. AstroRocket

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    Man, I ain't headin' east for a long while. Everything is f*cked up out there. :eek:
     
    #10 AstroRocket, Feb 24, 2003
  11. Uprising

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    damn...and i fly off to saudi arabia in 4 months.... :p Europe is all good, the world is not going to hell....yet.
     
    #11 Uprising, Feb 24, 2003
  12. Deckard

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    The fool should be under arrest and charged with murder.
     
    #12 Deckard, Feb 24, 2003
  13. JuanValdez

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    #13 JuanValdez, Feb 24, 2003
  14. Oski2005

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    Well not murder since it wasn't intentional. He should be going to trial for manslaughter though.
     
    #14 Oski2005, Feb 24, 2003
  15. A-Train

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    The Miami Beach police department needs to switch from SUVs to Ford Tauruses so this kind of tragedy doesn't happen again...
     
    #15 A-Train, Feb 24, 2003
  16. MR. MEOWGI

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    Police car chases should be banned also.
     
    #16 MR. MEOWGI, Feb 24, 2003
  17. Oski2005

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    If my memory is right, aren't beach cops supposed to ride ATVs? Baywatch is never wrong.
     
    #17 Oski2005, Feb 24, 2003
  18. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    LMAO! :D Nice one.

    I'm with A-Train, except that we should put all of their fat asses on bikes. ... Or those adult tricycles perhaps.

    [​IMG]
     
    #18 B-Bob, Feb 24, 2003
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    And he was looking for robbery suspects. Looking for people, and he didn't notice two people laying on the sand, probably on brightly colored beach towels with a little cooler, etc.

    Great observational skills. I wonder why he didn't find the robbery suspects.
     
    #19 dc sports, Feb 24, 2003
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